Deaths

Graveside and military services for Donald Richard Smith, 73, Waverly, formerly of Ottawa, will be today at 10:30 a.m. at Highland Cemetery, Ottawa. Mr. Smith died Sunday, March 24, 2002, at Midland Hospice House, Topeka.

He was born Jan. 10,1929, the son of Herman and Kate (Hases) Smith. He attended Ottawa schools. He was employed by the Ross Milling Company in Ottawa from 1945 to 1947.

He entered the United States Army-Air Force on Jan. 20, 1947, at Fort Riley. He served in the 99th Recon Tech Squadron. He received a Good Conduct Medal, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal and a National Defense Service Medal.

He was a self-employed carpet layer until 1991.

He married Jerry Stevenson on March 2, 1970, in Lawrence. They lived in Eudora, Baldwin City, LaFeria, Texas and moved to Waverly in 1999.